It's surprising how quickly 10 bottles of Champagne get drunk - and yes, it was real champagne and not sparking wine we served at our dinner at Trevor Kitchen & Bar! The moment I arrived at the restaurant, I recognized that it's on the site of what used to be Vines, Toronto first wine and cheese bar many years ago.
Although not always in very generous portions, overall the food was very good, particularly the beef dish. Executive Chef Trevor Wilkinson did a great job of creating special dishes to complement our wines. The Canadian Chardonnays and some of the German Rieslings had not held up very well over time but the reds - Burgundies, Bordeaux and the big bodied reds of California and S. America - were fantastic! Could have drunk a lot more of them!
A huge thanks goes to Chris Morris, TVC Director, who virtually organized the evening single handedly. He did a wonderful job and can't be thanked enough. And we can't forget our winebuyers: Peter Muto, Michael Matthews and Larry Goldstein - who over the past few years bought all of these wonderful wines. And it was both a happy and sad occasion for Peter Muto who will be departing our club to move to another province to return to university for his law degree. We can't thank him enough for all the time and effort he put into acquiring many of our wines for past and future events. As he told me, "regrettably, I won't get to drink them in future." We're also grateful to Michael Matthews, Director, for organizing the wine quiz. It was very difficult but two tables collectively amassed a lot of wine knowledge to get most of the answers correct and tied for first place. Prizes were French truffles and other sweets. And the winner of our draw for a bottle of Port was TVC member Colleen Bryan.
With the exception of one couple, everyone had a great time at our bin end (cellar clean-out) dinner. As the saying goes, you can't please everyone all the time but the rest of us had a lovely evening.
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We really enjoyed the evening. Thanks so much.
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